Improvement in coal-hods



NITED STATES PATENT rrrc'n.

EDWARD W. BYRN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COAL-HODS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 159,540, dated February9, 1875; application led January 22, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. BYRN, of

the city of Washington, in the District of Oolumbia, have made a new anduseful Improvement in Goal-Hods; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, inwhichy Figure 1 is a vertical front elevation of the Limproved hed; Fig.2, a vertical rear elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 a vertical sectionthrough line w x of Fig. 1.

The object of this invention is to obviate the difculties usuallyencountered in discharging the contents of a coal-hod into the stove byproviding a means whereby the above result is accomplished in an easy,uniform, and graceful manner, without spilling, and without the awkwardexertion necessarily involved in the old way. It consists in thecombination, with a coal-hod, of a reciprocating slide contained withinthe nod, which forms the bottom ofthe channel through which the coal isdischarged,

and by its motion shuflies the coal easily and4 uniformly into thestove. It also consists, in combination with a coal-hod, of a pivotedlever, one end of which performs the double function of handle, by meansof which the hod is tilted, and the means for operating the slide. Itfurther consists in the combination of the reciprocating slide, thepivoted lever, and a pitnlan i or connecting-rod.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the hod, which is made in theusual form, and provided with the ordinary supporting-handle B. X is areciprocating slide which moves in ways c c attached to the sides of thehod, and forms the-bottom of the channel through which the coal isdischarged. Said slide may be either flat or curved in transversesection, and is provided with an extension, C, to which is attached aconnecting-rod, D. E is a lever which is pivoted upon a shaft,'F,journaled in the baseframe L of the hod, which said base-frame is made alittle deeper in front than in the rear,

to give suicient room for the play of the end of lever E in slot b. Thesaid lever E is connected in front with the rod D, and is bent up in therear to form a handle, G, by means of which the hod is tilted and theslide operated. I is an inner casing extending up over the end of slideX to avoid the'obstruction which the coal would afford to itsopera-tion.

The operation of the device is as follows: rIhe hod is lifted with theleft hand grasping supporting-handle B. Handle G is then seized with theright hand and the hod tilted thereby. As soon as the hod is tiltedhandle B is brought into such a position as to admit of a third handle,H, being also grasped by theI left hand for the purpose of lnaintainingthe hod in an inclined position while handle G is being operated with avertical reciprocating motion.

I am aware of the fact that coal-hods have been constructed with anextensible spout 0peratin g upon the outside. I therefore disclaim thisidea, and limit my invention to the reciprocating slide operating insidethe hod, as set forth in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a coal-hod, of a reciprocating slide containedwithin the hod, which forms the bottom ofthe channel through which thecoal is discharged, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with a coal-hed, of a pivoted lever, E, bent to forma handle, G, which performs the double function of tilting the hod andoperating the slide, substantially as described.

3. The combination of lever E, the connectin g-rod D, and thereciprocating slide, substantially as and for the purpose described.

'Ihis specification of my invention signed by me this 22d day ofJanuary, A. D. 1875.

EDWARD W. BYRN.

Witnesses:

SoLoN G. KEMoN, OHAs. A. PETTIT.

